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Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug More at IMDbPro »Doragon bôru Z 4: Super Saiyajin da Son Gokû (original title)
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Highly Underrated, 4 August 2006
Author:
nightdawndaylandofthedea from United States
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I really don't see why people don't like this movie. I did like it and it was finally a Dragon Ball Z movie that I liked every aspect of. Lord Slug was a pretty cool villain and beat Goku pretty bad. Actually I liked the beating. My favorite part was when Goku became a sort of Super Sayian. I call it that cause all that happened was his hair went up like a SS and his eye color left, almost Kaioken, not the blonde hair like the regular one. The animation was cool, going into the much better animation that came into the show at the time of this movie. The voices were great too. These were the voices that made the characters who they are. Goku and Gohan especially.
Enjoy this more than DBZ Kai, 10 March 2013
Author:
Rashid Ehzaz
I actually like this more than the recently Remake of the series (Kai) which released on the channel "Kix", so anyways this film was what I always wanted, my favourite rock band "Disturbed" composed some songs in it and the voice cast from Kai in it (except for Gohan and Bulma I think), don't know why people don't like the English ver, I just think that the rock music fits in with all the action and I couldn't be bothered watching it in Japanese because I couldn't understand it, I can't be bothered reading the subtitles, Goku has a stupid chipmunk voice and the cr*p music. It's just my opinion so if you want to watch it in Japanese thats fine, but the English offers more if your into rock and anime.
Fast paced DBZ adventure., 27 July 2010
Author:
Aaron1375
I enjoyed this Dragonball Z film, it did not have quite the story or length as the first film featuring Broly, but it makes up for this fact by being fast paced. It is especially fast paced when compared to "The World's Strongest" and "Tree of Might". The English version I got of this one also did a pretty good job of syncing a rather good rock soundtrack to this one. The film has a mysterious alien force has descended upon Earth. Its goal, to turn the Earth into a spaceship, the villain a being known as Lord Slug. Enough with the introductions let the fighting begin. There are your typical fights with characters such as Krillin and Gohan. Piccolo also shows up to lend a hand. Still, most of the others do not do so well and then Goku shows and proceeds to wipe the floor with all the baddies. That is until he faces Lord Slug who gives him one heck of a nice fight. I am guessing this took place right before Goku turned Super Saiyan for the first time in the series as they sort of have a brief transformation of Goku to a state that is not quite Super Saiyan. All in all it is a rather good movie, the action is fast and the rock music soundtrack in the English version is just so perfect for this one. They would try again to do that in the Cooler movie, but it doesn't quite work in that one.
DBZ Movie 4: King Picc...I mean, "Lord Slug"..., 6 September 2008
Author:
jasonmadrid from United States
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Where the first three DBZ movies gave fans a lot of what they wanted
(including the mind-blowing action sequences that were used in the
opening credits for the show, "Rock the Dragon!"), the fourth movie,
"Lord Slug," is a major step down, especially considering that they
should be a lot more powerful by now.
The plot is as follows: A killer comet or some such space rock is
headed for Earth, somehow causing a bunch of natural disasters in the
process. Just when it seems that all hope is lost, though, the meteor
is diverted...only for a new threat to descend on Earth from the
asteroid.
Enter Lord Slug, the enigmatic tyrant from beyond the stars who has
come to claim the Dragon Balls and turn Earth into his new frozen,
barren homeworld. It's up to Goku and co. to stop him!
I remember getting this on VHS when Mom and I were at Target (I don't
remember which one of us actually paid for it though lol). It was this
one and "Big Daddy," and unfortunately the tape has since been eaten by
my cheap VCR so I can no longer watch it. It's decent for an action
film (though nowhere near the first 3 movies), and the fight sequences,
while lacking the intensity of its predecessors, are at least
memorable. This so-so direct-to-video movie is somewhat redeemed by a
heavy metal-type soundtrack including Disturbed and what's-their-faces.
(Of course, the version which aired on Toonami had a different
soundtrack, which made it feel kinda like a let-down.)
This movie tends to suffer from what I call "GT Syndrome." The fights
are okay, but the animation and frankly the movie as a whole is bland
and kind of rushed, even compared to other movies in the series. Its
place in the main timeline is also a question for the fans, although
there is the possibility that it takes place after Goku arrives back
from space and he simply hasn't learned to control his SS powers yet.
The overall plot is okay and even the threat to the planet seems
halfway plausible (the aliens in space-suits, their takeover of the
planet), but the end seems kind of tacky (think "Tree of Might," only
instead the tree is a mass of clouds). Even the main villain isn't that
original...
Highlight: Goku transforming into something that King Kai abruptly
calls a "Super Saiyan," but it doesn't look like a Super Saiyan, act
like a Super Saiyan, or seem half as strong as a Super Saiyan.
Wikipedia calls it an "Enraged Super Saiyan," or "1/2 Super Saiyan," an
SS transformation driven by pure rage which pushes him about halfway
into it.
Final ruling: Basically sets the bar even lower for DBZ movies. It
doesn't fit in the timeline, the animation is so-so, and it's not even
as fun to watch as most of the other movies. Basically, only for those
who have the money to waste and/or are hardcore fans. (Why release 2
movies a year if this is the end result?)
Mediocre but highly entertaining DBZ flick., 17 July 2008
Author:
emasterslake from United States
While meditating near a waterfall, Piccolo senses great danger coming
to Earth. And that's another alien invasion lead by Lord Slug. The last
decedent of the extinct Super Nameks. A more powerful type of Nameks
that were once living on Planet Namek. Lord Slug intends to collect the
Dragon Balls to gain eternal youth and freeze the entire planet to
claim his own after being exiled for so long from his old planet. The Z
Warriors try with all their might, but all hope seems lost after seeing
what a Super Namek can do. But that's not the case when Goku finds a
way to defeat this green menace.
The story is average and with the movie only being 46 minutes long. It
could of been awesome if it were longer than that. If that happened
then it would include a whole lot more to the story. But instead it
feels like watching a episode like the previous few movies of DBZ.
It's another alternate storyline of the TV series, and it mostly takes
place after the "Tree of Might film" cause this one doesn't fit
anywhere in the any of the TV series sagas.
Overrall it's a good flick, but not the best Dragon Ball movie compared
to the others. Only recommended to the fans only while it'll be turn
done by the non-fans.
Pretty nice, but the dubbed version sucks!, 13 April 2007
Author:
Todor Kunov (toshguy@abv.bg) from Bulgaria
I watched the dubbed version of this movie first, so I'll begin with
it. First of all I would like to state that the music in the American
version was simply atrocious and even a bit insulting for DBZ. The dub
voices are slightly better than the ones from Ocean Group but still
aren't very good. At least none of them are as annoying as most of the
Ocean voices were.
The thing I most liked about the original version was the music.
Superb, as always. The Japanese voices are really cool (also as
always), although Goku's voice is quite annoying and too feminine. I
think they should have replaced Masako Nozawa with a male actor for
DBZ.
Anyway, on to the plot - certainly not as nice as the ones of the
previous movies, but still better than the plots of most animes and
since it's DBZ it's pretty good. But they used an almost totally
different definition for the term "Super Namekian" than they did in the
series.
I recommend the previous three movies more than this one - not only
because they have better plots, also because the dubbed versions have
the original music score in them, because of which I'm willing to put
up with the annoying voices.
The Best at the Point, 4 August 2006
Author:
nightdawndaylandofthedea from United States
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This was the best DBZ movie that was ever made at the time of it's release. While the first three weren't that great and the fourth was the in my opinion the awakening of the films, the fifth was when the movies came into their own. Cooler is a really cool villain and much better then Frieza in a lot of ways, (1 way is he doesn't sound like an old woman who smoke for 50 years)Cooler is also the first really awesome villain in the films. Probably one of the best in the whole DB franchise. He's everything that Frieza should have been. Also I like how Goku still couldn't go Super Sayian whenever he pleased and still needed anger to do it. All in all I really enjoyed this movie and recommend it.
My first review., 20 November 2003
Author:
(llynnkp@yahoo.com)
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
SPOILERS AHOY, MATEYS!
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Welcome to my first review. Well, let's cut to the chase. I am a
Dragonball/Z/Gt fan. I was skeptic about buying this on DVD, when I was
told
it was a sucky movie. I decided to buy the uncut version on DVD, and I'm
glad I did! It is about when an asteroid is about to strike earth. No
problemo, Goku can just blast it to bits, right? WRONG!!!! It is inhabited
with life forms, and Goku doesn't want to hurt the extraterrestrials, yet
if
he doesn't, everyone on earth will die. Rather thorny situation..... Until
the rock changes course, and explodes, but not before a spaceship speeds
out
of it. Then emerges LORD SLUG and his minions! He is the ultimate enemy,
and
is tearing Goku and hes friends apart! Will earth fall at the hands of
this
villian? Not before slug and Goku turnb to their uuber-cool super forms
for
one final deathmatch in the ruined city! Don't miss this one if you're a
DBZ
fan! If you buy it, be sure you get the uncut PG-13 version, the edited
for
tv one is just plain sorry.
10/10
10 stars, 21 July 2002
Author:
Bruce Vest from USA
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
(Warning Spoilers)
this a great dragon ball z movie,
lord slug comes to terra freeze earth and make it a satilite,
this is an awesome movie and i recommend it for true dragon ball z
fans
stars(1-10)**********
Not very good, 17 April 2002
Author:
HoustonRH7 from USA
Well, this is the fourth of the DragonBall Z movies, and its a stinker. The fight scenes are great, and the new music used in the US release adds an edge, but overall, the plot is childish. I mean, look at it: The indestructible Namekian is brought down by one boys ability to whistle. What the heck?! I'd give it a 3 out of 10, at most. You want something good, go see Coolers Revenge.
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